Kids Ministry Collective S2 Ep33 How to Finish Your Ministry Year Strong (Not Burned Out)

Yep.

For sure.

Mm-hmm.

For sure.

So why do you guys think, um, we'll just open this up to anybody that wants to answer, and then we're gonna dive into some more stuff here, but why do you think we talk so much about starting the year strong, but there's not a lot of conversation, a lot of discussion about finishing well? And I'm just curious, what do you think that costs us as leaders in our ministries because we don't really think through how we're gonna finish?

Hmm.

I think there's a few things when I think about that, Tom.

I know in our church right now, we have ministries who are finishing the ministry year.

Uh, in our particular church, a lot of small groups take a break for the summer, so, like, there's this finish language.

Mm-hmm.

In children's ministry, when is the finish line? Where is the finish line? What constitute ending something and starting something new? And when I look at it, I think that's part of the problem.

It's like, "What am, what am I finishing? When am I finishing? Is it the end of the school year going into summer? Is it the calendar year?"

Mm-hmm.

And so I feel like when is true start and finish? And I think if leaders really reorganize our brain to our ministry calendar, like w- in Kidman, I think that would help people understand even when their finish line is.

And then keeping strong, 'cause right? You don't know how-

Yeah

... to stay strong if you don't know when the end is.

Mm-hmm.

That's-

Very true.

Very true.

I think also that-

Would you say your starting line is summer?

The starting line?

Yeah, when is your starting line?